UI's text rendering on Windows 10

Hi All,

The following is a screenshot of the pop up menu when you right click on the desktop.
In particular is the top part of it. I took it using the Windows 10's magnifier utility.



As you can see the text doesn't seem to be rendered correctly. That applies also to all UI's components of Windows 10 and everything else. As I am a developer, I stay many hours in front of this monitor and usually that hurts my eyes (without considering the high contrast theme, another additional pain).

What I'd like to understand is if that is a normal Windows rendering behavior or is a bad setting somewhere.

Thanks a lot

Details:
Windows 10 fully updated.
NVIDIA video card driver fully updated.
Adjust ClearType Text option checked (Control Panel -> Fonts)
"Smooth edges of screen fonts" option checked (Windows 10 Performance Options panel)
NVIDIA Control Panel Antialiasing options is on.

Try the Cleartype utility. If that doesn't work, check you have the latest graphics driver and try different screen scaling. Also check the screen resolution is set to the native resolution for your monitor.

Hi Steve C,

Thanks for the answer.

Try the Cleartype utility

What is the Cleartype utility? Where is it? Is that from Microsoft?

Under Control Panel -> Fonts -> Adjust Cleartype text I checked and unchecked that option and went through that wizard. There is no or little difference. No apparent improvement.

check you have the latest graphics driver

As I wrote at the end of my post, the graphics driver is fully updated.

try different screen scaling

I changed it, in particular I increased it, but I'm not comfortable with it. It is fine as it is, 100%.

Also check the screen resolution is set to the native resolution for your monitor

Obviously it is set to 100%.

Any other idea?

Thanks

Resolution should be a number setting e.g. 1920x1080, not a percentage. You have checked the correct Cleartype settings.

Steve C said:

Resolution should be a number setting e.g. 1920x1080, not a percentage. You have checked the correct Cleartype settings.

Right, it is 2560 x 1440 (native).

Thanks